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Resources and Publications

The Whole School SEND consortium regularly publishes resources to support you with all aspects of SEND. These include our SEND Review Guides and Frameworks, leaflets for parents, practical resources to support your work in educational settings, resources for specific contexts such as CPDL webinar recordings and more.

As a member of nasen and the Whole School SEND Member Community, you have free access to all of our resources – scroll through, use the filters or search for a specific resource. 

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Webinar: Securing Success Following Lockdown - Behaviour Strategies

  • Webcasts
  • 16 Jun 2020
Free
Covid-19
behaviour
WSS past event
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A webinar exploring how behaviour may present after Covid-19 and what strategies can be implemented to support pupils returning to school.

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Webinar: Connection, community, relationships: social-emotional learning to rebuild after Covid-19

  • Webcasts
  • 15 Jun 2020
Free
Covid-19
wellbeing
social, emotional and mental wellbeing
WSS past event
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Delivered in partnership with Achievement for All, this webinar looks at developing the social and learning skills vital to successful learning.

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Webinar: Five Key Considerations for Everyone's Wellbeing

  • Webcasts
  • 09 Jun 2020
Free
trauma-informed
wellbeing
social, emotional and mental wellbeing
WSS past event
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This webinar presents the first session in a webinar series: Returning to School and Making Use of Trauma-Informed Approaches

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Webinar: Transition for SEND pupils in mainstream settings

  • Webcasts
  • 20 May 2020
Free
transition
mainstream
,
WSS past event
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A webinar giving advice and ideas on how to support transition for pupils with SEND using materials produced by Whole School SEND.

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Webinar: Introduction to the WSS Review Guides

  • Webcasts
  • 15 May 2020
Free
WSS past event
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An introductory session explaining how each guide can be used and applied to different settings.

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EY SENCO job description

  • General
  • 04 Apr 2019
Free
DfE Resource

This document is intended as guidance for early years providers and practitioners to help clarify the role of the Early Years SENCO in non-maintained early years settings.

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L2 Early Years SEND Qualification specification

  • General
  • 19 Jul 2018
Free
DfE Resource

The intention of the qualification is to provide a small qualification with a focus on supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in the early years.

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EY SENCO L3 qualification specification

  • General
  • 04 Apr 2018
Free
DfE Resource

The qualifications developed from this specification are intended to support early years practitioners to gain accreditation for the knowledge, understanding and skills they need to perform the Early Years SENCO role effectively.

SEN support: research evidence on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges A resource for mainstream leaders, teaching and support staff working with pupils and students with special educational needs and learning difficulties and disabilities Please contact DfE if you require this resource in a more accessible format

SEN support: research evidence on effective approaches and examples of current practice in good and outstanding schools and colleges

  • General
  • 01 Jan 2018
Free
Effective SEN Support

A resource for mainstream leaders, teaching and support staff working with pupils and students with special educational needs and learning difficulties and disabilities

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Oak National Academy C-STEP Principle Poster

  • General
  • 01 Jan 1950
Free
SPA
specialist

This inclusive poster and prompt illustrates the C-STEP Principle, developed by the Oak Academy team as a tool to encourage and champion accessible, inclusive and aspirational practice.

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Calthorpe Academy School Development Plan

  • General
  • 01 Jan 1950
Free
SPA
specialist

An example school development plan from Calthorpe Academy.

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Calthorpe Academy Staffing Think Piece

  • General
  • 01 Jan 1950
Free
SPA
specialist

This think piece, from Calthorpe Academy, is an example of how Heads in a local area could work together to share information that could be used for governance discussions.